Monday, January 12, 2015

Daredevil climbers capture glowing images as they descend 5,280ft down vertical ice shaft INSIDE Alaskan glacier

Into the blue! Daredevil climbers capture glowing images as they descend 5,280ft down vertical ice shaft INSIDE Alaskan glacier

  • American glacier trekking guide made the dangerous descend with fellow climber Jason Nelson
  • The shaft is incredibly dangerous, with a very narrow shaft and a river of water falling into it 
  • The pair spent eight hours in the 'blue cathedral' before making the arduous climb back out 

Climbers captured spectacular pictures of ice appearing to glow blue as they descended 5,280ft into a glacier in Alaska.
American glacier trekking guide Jared Carlson snapped the eerie pictures a quarter of a mile into the Mendenhall Glacier, in Juneau.
The 36-year-old was joined by fellow climber Jason Nelson, 37, as the pair explored the moulin, which is a circular, vertical well-like shaft within a glacier.
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Climber Jason Nelson manoeuvres through Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska as the pair tackle a moulin shaft
Climber Jason Nelson manoeuvres through Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska as the pair tackle a moulin shaft
The courageous climbers descended more than 5,000ft into the glacier in Alaska, snapping pictures as they went
The courageous climbers descended more than 5,000ft into the glacier in Alaska, snapping pictures as they went
Jason Nelson waves down to let Jared Carlson know he is safe as he prapres to descend a particularly difficult section of the vertical shaft
Jason Nelson waves down to let Jared Carlson know he is safe as he prapres to descend a particularly difficult section of the vertical shaft
Jason Nelson waves down to let Jared Carlson know he is safe as he prapres to descend a particularly difficult section of the vertical shaft

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wow !